Tumuaki of the Māori Pharmacists Association announced that 10 Māori Pharmacists will be ready to help people over the phone, for free. To talk to a Māori Pharmacist, you call call them on 0800 664 688. Or find them on Facebook.

Community Research

Ngāti Hine's Covid-19 taskforce releases marae toolkit

Ngāti Hine’s Covid-19 emergency response taskforce, Te Manawaroa o Ngāti Hine, has released a Marae Guidelines Toolkit to help hapū and marae trustees protect whānau and community wellbeing at gatherings for hui-mate and other marae hui.

What should the future of NZ look like beyond COVID-19?

‘Aotearoa 2020 Vision’, a national conversation that involves community engagement led by the NICF has received over one hundred survey and video statements and responses from New Zealanders in its first week.

Covid-19 and Māori health: ‘The daily 1pm briefings have been an exercise in whiteness’

Te Hiku TV / Haukāinga: Inequalities increase COVID19 fatality rates

Recent work by Te Pūnaha Matatini show that inequalities in the health section put Māori at a higher risk of death from COVID19. We also discuss whether their work around ethnic inequalities could be applied to other sectors such as policing of Māori and Pasifika communities. Finally, we hear how lock downs around thew world are helping us flatten the curve and eliminate COVID19.

Community checkpoints are an important and lawful part of NZ’s Covid response

Study to assess the impact of Covid-19 on tikanga

Dr Marama Muru-Lanning, director of the James Henare Māori Research Centre, and University of Auckland colleagues, have a Health Research Council grant to assess the impact of Covid-19 on kaumātua and tikanga.